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== Online Gazetteers == | == Online Gazetteers == | ||
== Print Only Gazetteers == | |||
== Why Use Gazetteers == | == Why Use Gazetteers == | ||
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<pre>*[URL FamilySearch Places]</pre> | <pre>*[URL FamilySearch Places]</pre> | ||
5. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog. Add publishing information. If the sources on the page aren't digitally available online, then place them under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br> | 5. Go to the FamilySearch Catalog. Add publishing information. If the sources on the page aren't digitally available online, then place them under '''Print Only Gazetteers'''.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
6. Search "COUNTRY Gazetteer" at archive.org<br> | 6. Search "COUNTRY Gazetteer" at archive.org<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
7. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Geographic+Names+Division.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | 7. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Geographic+Names+Division.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
8. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Defense+Mapping+Agency.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | 8. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?adv=1&lookfor%5B%5D=United+States.+Defense+Mapping+Agency.&type%5B%5D=author&bool%5B%5D=AND&yop=after&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
9. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=United%20States.%20Defense%20Mapping%20Agency.%20Topographic%20Center.&searchtype=author&ft=&setft=false&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | 9. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=United%20States.%20Defense%20Mapping%20Agency.%20Topographic%20Center.&searchtype=author&ft=&setft=false&page=1&pagesize=100 this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
10. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=Gazetteer&searchtype=all&ft=&setft=false this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | 10. Go to [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=Gazetteer&searchtype=all&ft=&setft=false this website]. Add country in the search bar.<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
11. Try [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_archives that nation's archive website] (you might have to translate "gazetteer" into that nation's language).<br> | 11. Try [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_archives that nation's archive website] (you might have to translate "gazetteer" into that nation's language).<br> | ||
<pre>*[URL BOOK TITLE] AUTHOR, PUBLISHER INFORMATION, YEAR</pre> | |||
12. Automatically link to these websites: | 12. Automatically link to these websites: | ||
<pre>* World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | <pre>* World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | ||